Hello! Welcome to the Jefferson Elementary School Counseling site.

School Counselors provide many services to all students. Here are a list of some of those services.

Classroom lessons: Elementary School counselors go into all grade levels and teach subjects like friendship skills, coping skills, social skills, problem solving, bullying prevention, self care, emotional regulation and more.

Individual Counseling: School counselors meet with students one on one to listen to, guide and provide support. This can be set up by the teacher, parent or student. This is not intended to be long term mental health services but a shorter CBT based intervention.

https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/cognitive-behavioral

Small groups: School counselors provide group support around many topics like grief and loss or friendship skills. They also provide support for students that screen in for needing support from the districts social emotional screener.

Teams: We are part of education teams that help with academics, attendance and behaviors.

Community Connections: We partner with our community and community resources including our school social worker to provide the best support for our students. These supports can include food, housing, counseling and medical.

Family partnerships: We work with individual families to help provide the best elementary education possible.

My name is Heidi Hixson and it is an honor and privilege to be Jefferson's School counselor! I like helping build a community of connection at school so that all students can do their best learning.

Heidi Hixson, School Counselor, Jefferson Elementary

hhixson@mvsd320.org

hhixson@mvsd320.org